Where is the International Space Station? The International Space Station with ESA’s Columbus laboratory flies 400 km high at speeds that defy gravity – literally. At 28 800 km/h it only takes 92 minutes for the weightless laboratory to make a complete circuit of Earth.

Versatile permanently inhabited research institute in Low Earth Orbit. The International Space Station is a versatile research institute and a large observation platform in outer space for scientific research and applications. It also serves as a test centre to introduce new technologies.

The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada).

The tracker shows where the Space Station is right now and its path 90 minutes ago (-1.5 hr) and 90 minutes ahead (+1.5 hr). The dark overlay indicates where it is nighttime in the world. Map Source: www.esa.int.

Jan 30, 2025 · Explore the new International Space Station 2025 calendar and learn more about the one-of-a-kind orbiting laboratory. Since the first crew’s arrival aboard over twenty years ago, the International Space Station has evolved into a state-of-the-art scientific lab.

Europe was planning to contribute one of three labs for Space Station Freedom, before that project was evolved into the ISS project in the 1990s. The European contribution to the International Space Station comes from 10 members of the European Space Agency (ESA) and amounts to an 8% share in the programme.

Watch the International Space Station pass overhead! It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up. NASA’s Spot the Station mobile application and …

Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) is a project led by the European Space Agency which will place ultra-stable atomic clocks on the International Space Station.

Track the International Space Station's current location and path with ESA ISS Tracker on NASA's website.

Feb 18, 2025 · Prospective ESA astronaut and former British Paralympian John McFall has passed the medical assessment needed for a long-term stay on the ISS. If selected for a future mission, he will become the ...